More than 100 proposals have been announced for when ICANN begins taking applications for new domain extensions (gTLDs), according to statistics from Adrenaline TLD (who wants to apply for a number of sporting-related gTLDs such as .SKI, .BIKE and .SURF).
Almost all the proposals are geographic domain names and specialty strings and these make up 87 of the 104. There are also duplicates with more than one applicant at this stage for several gTLDs, like GAY, .SPORT and .ECO.
According to Adrenaline stats, there are three proposed applications for brand names, 14 for community groups, 48 geographic domain names and 39 specialty TLDs. The list also includes three brand names: Canon, Deloitte and UNICEF. However, it’s expected that many companies won’t reveal their intentions until applications for new domain extensions are accepted.
Of the 104 proposed gTLD applications, these include geographical domain names applications for .BERLIN, .BCN, .PARIS, .KÖLN, .MADRID, .AFRICA and .HONGKONG. Proposed specialty applicants include .WEB, .WIKI, .RUGBY, .POKER, .GMBH and .FILM. There are also proposed gTLDs for communities such as .GAY, .KURD, .IRISH, .KURD, .GREEN and .ECO.
Check out the generic TLDs (gTLDs) available at the moment.
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